The 34 research articles in this collection deal with broad issues in education and psychology. Discussion of these articles in class make research methods come alive.

Qualitative Research 1. Perceived Messages from Schools Regarding Adolescent Tobacco Use Descriptors: Focus groups of students Communication Education 2. Cooperative Learning: Listening to How Children Work at School Descriptors: Ethnographic case study The Journal of Educational Research 3. Psychological Parameters of Students' Social and Work Avoidance Goals: A Qualitative Investigation Descriptors: Interviews and observations Journal of Educational Psychology 4. Mother-Daughter Communication About Sex Among Urban African American and Latino Families Descriptors: Separate focus groups of mothers and daughters Journal of Adolescent Research Combined Qualitative/Quantitative Research 5. The Interconnection of Childhood Poverty and Homelessness: Negative Impact/Points of Access Descriptors: Interviews and standardized scales Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services 6. Passionately Committed Psychotherapists: A Qualitative Study of Their Experiences Descriptors: Interviews and self-report inventories Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 7. Parental Involvement During the Transition to High School Descriptors: Quantitative data and case studies Journal of Adolescent Research Content/Documentary Analysis 8. Gender Stereotyping and Intended Audience Age: An Analysis of Children's Educational/Informational TV Programming Descriptors: Coding of of TV programs Communication Research Reports 9. Poverty As We Know It: Media Portrayals of the Poor Descriptors: Comparison of of magazines with Census Bureau data Public Opinion Quarterly 10. Ethnic Representation in a Sample of the Literature of Applied Psychology Descriptors: Comparison of ethnicity in 14 journals with Census Bureau data Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Survey Research 11. I'm Lonely and Apprehensive: The Presentation of Stigmatizing Information in Personal Ads Descriptors: Mailed questionnaires Communication Research Reports 12. Young Children's Perceptions of Time Out Descriptors: Observations and interviews Journal of Research in Childhood Education 13. Black and White Girls' Racial Preferences in Media and Peer Choices and the Role of Socialization for Black Girls Descriptors: Personal interviews Journal of Family Psychology 14. Most Working Women Deny Gender Discrimination in Their Pay Descriptors: National telephone poll The Gallup Poll Monthly True Experimental Research 15. The Feasibility of a Web-Based Surveillance System to Collect Health Risk Behavior Data from College Students Descriptors: Random assignment to treatments Health Education & Behavior 16. Drinking Glucose Improves Listening Span in Students Who Miss Breakfast Descriptors: Random assignment to treatments Educational Research 17. The San Diego Navy Experiment: An Assessment of Interventions for Men Who Assault Their Wives Descriptors: Random Assignment to treatments Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Quasi-Experimental Research 18. Evaluation of a Brief Intervention for Increasing Seat Belt Use on a College Campus Descriptors: Baseline, intervention, and follow-up Behavior Modification 19. Comparison of Health Promotion and Deterrent Prompts in Increasing Use of Stairs Over Escalators Descriptors: Comparison of two interventions Perceptual and Motor Skills 20. Influence of Social Context on Reported Attitudes of Nondisabled Students Toward Students with Disabilities Descriptors: Comparison of four interventions Rehabilitation Counseling Newsletter Pre-Experimental Research 21. Preliminary Evaluation of an Abstinence-Based Program for 7th-Grade Students from a Small Rural School District Descriptors: Pretest-posttest design Psychological Reports 22. The Effectiveness of a Sexuality Education Newsletter in Influencing Teenagers' Knowledge and Attitudes About Sexual Involvement and Drug Use Descriptors: Pretest-posttest design Journal of Adolescent Research Causal-Comparative Research 23. Measurement of Nonverbal Receptive Abilities in Medical Students

The 34 research articles in this collection deal with broad issues in education and psychology. Discussion of these articles in class make research methods come alive.

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Qualitative Research 1. Perceived Messages from Schools Regarding Adolescent Tobacco Use Descriptors: Focus groups of students Communication Education 2. Cooperative Learning: Listening to How Children Work at School Descriptors: Ethnographic case study The Journal of Educational Research 3. Psychological Parameters of Students' Social and Work Avoidance Goals: A Qualitative Investigation Descriptors: Interviews and observations Journal of Educational Psychology 4. Mother-Daughter Communication About Sex Among Urban African American and Latino Families Descriptors: Separate focus groups of mothers and daughters Journal of Adolescent Research Combined Qualitative/Quantitative Research 5. The Interconnection of Childhood Poverty and Homelessness: Negative Impact/Points of Access Descriptors: Interviews and standardized scales Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services 6. Passionately Committed Psychotherapists: A Qualitative Study of Their Experiences Descriptors: Interviews and self-report inventories Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 7. Parental Involvement During the Transition to High School Descriptors: Quantitative data and case studies Journal of Adolescent Research Content/Documentary Analysis 8. Gender Stereotyping and Intended Audience Age: An Analysis of Children's Educational/Informational TV Programming Descriptors: Coding of of TV programs Communication Research Reports 9. Poverty As We Know It: Media Portrayals of the Poor Descriptors: Comparison of of magazines with Census Bureau data Public Opinion Quarterly 10. Ethnic Representation in a Sample of the Literature of Applied Psychology Descriptors: Comparison of ethnicity in 14 journals with Census Bureau data Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Survey Research 11. I'm Lonely and Apprehensive: The Presentation of Stigmatizing Information in Personal Ads Descriptors: Mailed questionnaires Communication Research Reports 12. Young Children's Perceptions of Time Out Descriptors: Observations and interviews Journal of Research in Childhood Education 13. Black and White Girls' Racial Preferences in Media and Peer Choices and the Role of Socialization for Black Girls Descriptors: Personal interviews Journal of Family Psychology 14. Most Working Women Deny Gender Discrimination in Their Pay Descriptors: National telephone poll The Gallup Poll Monthly True Experimental Research 15. The Feasibility of a Web-Based Surveillance System to Collect Health Risk Behavior Data from College Students Descriptors: Random assignment to treatments Health Education & Behavior 16. Drinking Glucose Improves Listening Span in Students Who Miss Breakfast Descriptors: Random assignment to treatments Educational Research 17. The San Diego Navy Experiment: An Assessment of Interventions for Men Who Assault Their Wives Descriptors: Random Assignment to treatments Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Quasi-Experimental Research 18. Evaluation of a Brief Intervention for Increasing Seat Belt Use on a College Campus Descriptors: Baseline, intervention, and follow-up Behavior Modification 19. Comparison of Health Promotion and Deterrent Prompts in Increasing Use of Stairs Over Escalators Descriptors: Comparison of two interventions Perceptual and Motor Skills 20. Influence of Social Context on Reported Attitudes of Nondisabled Students Toward Students with Disabilities Descriptors: Comparison of four interventions Rehabilitation Counseling Newsletter Pre-Experimental Research 21. Preliminary Evaluation of an Abstinence-Based Program for 7th-Grade Students from a Small Rural School District Descriptors: Pretest-posttest design Psychological Reports 22. The Effectiveness of a Sexuality Education Newsletter in Influencing Teenagers' Knowledge and Attitudes About Sexual Involvement and Drug Use Descriptors: Pretest-posttest design Journal of Adolescent Research Causal-Comparative Research 23. Measurement of Nonverbal Receptive Abilities in Medical Students